JEB's version of 'Roll Tide Roll'

looking cute, as always!

This one was too cute to leave out, but I couldn't

figure out how to rotate it......

this was the end of his 'Roll Tide'

Of course, all of you from Texas won't appreciate our appreciation of the number 1 college football team in the nation.....ALABAMA!!!! ROLL TIDE!!!! Not that we play like the #1 team, but the fact remains we still are!!! We thought for sure that being placed as #1 was a certain death wish.....but we held out against LSU this last Saturday and kept the title.....for one more week, at least!

Now let me tell you, being in SW GA among all of these Bulldog fans is not an easy task, but we are learning to live with it.....although there is a couple of Crimson Tide flags and mailbox covers on our street, so there is hope!

Everyone have a GREAT day today!

I love fall......

I love fall! I love all the colors.....reds/oranges/yellows.....just exactly the same colors of sunrises/sunsets.....you think God likes those colors in particular, since he uses them so often???? Hummmmmmm.....something to think about!

I'm going to attempt to go out and take some fall pics of JEB this wkend and of some trees/foliage and such, so when I get them developed, I'll put them on the blog.

Nothing much really happening......well, except that I have to have two molars extracted next week. Good thing is......you get really great drugs for something like that for the PAIN, you know but the BAD thing is......it will cost me as much for this procedure as it just did for a crown for one of my front teeth!! OUCH!!! I think all the dentists have a racket going here. $1200 for a crown??? $1130 for xrays, extraction, and anesthesia??? I am in the WRONG profession!!

Any thoughts out there????

Well, GOD won....

Ultimately, GOD won the election yesterday. GOD's choice will become our next President, and while you may not have voted for him, GOD's will was spoken.....where we like it or not, GOD's will was spoken. Now, you need to spend the next four years praying for GOD to intervene for our country and to protect us as this next president makes choices that will affect our lives and the lives of our children. Let us seek GOD's plan in all of this and pray that HE hasn't turned away from us as a people.

Thank you LORD for loving us and for showing us that we need to follow you no matter what and that YOU are in control of all things! We love you FATHER!

As you vote tomorrow....

As you step out tomorrow to cast your vote for who you think would make the best leader of our country, remember to put that choice on the Heavenly throne and let GOD guide your conscience to who you believe would follow Him and do the best job of leading this country toward following GOD. Remember, no matter who wins this tomorrow, GOD is still on the throne and in total control of all that happens.....yes, even if the person who wins is not your choice, it will be GOD's choice.

As a nation, we have started down the path of Sodom and Gommorrah, and we all know how that story ended. Let us pray that as we support someone who will make decisions that will affect our children's lives in these next four years, we will think about the kinds of decisions he will make. Let's pray that we will get a reprieve from punishment, as did Ninevah during Jonah's time. God spared Ninevah because they repented and turned toward God.

VOTE your heart people. Pray for divine guidance as you choose. We may not get what we want, but we may get what we deserve. Be willing to live with the choice you make.

God is in control!!

I hate time change....

You know, what is with Daylight Savings time anyway???? Who came up with that one? No my "older' body must get used to a different sleeping schedule, which we all know totally messes you up. Then comes the child getting up at 5 AM, my only alone time in the house, but the good part here is that he will fall asleep right after dinner, if not sooner, like on the way home from school in the afternoon! Oh well, guess I just have to go along.....

For any of you who will read this today, I really want to ask for prayer for a friend of mine, we'll call 'JDB'. She is currently contemplating divorce from her husband of 5 yrs. Now, let me set the stage a little......her and her hubby, 'W', had been friends for several years and after a break up seemed to be hanging out with one another alot and one thing led to another and they ended up having to get married, due to the impending birth of 'L'. The thing is this, after being around my new church, which by the way, put out the movie 'FIREPROOF', which is all about restoring a broken marriage, I really feel led by the LORD to pray for healing in both JDB and W. It will take the mighty had of God to heal them both, from what she has told me. They both have their issues but you know, I am a product of a split family and know what its like. PRAISE GOD, my brother and I had my wonderful grandparents to raise us, while we still have our scars from it all, we have become productive adults due to their wonderful, godly raising. I know that GOD can heal their issues in this marriage, and I am praying for GOD to reach down to their souls and give them an unquivocal desire for no one but each other and a restlessness in their souls that only each other could fill. Please pray with me, fellow servants of GOD, that they will both be willing to listen to his calling in their hearts. I know that things have happened that will take some time to heal and deal with, but for the sake of 'L', who is only 2 1/2, they need to let God heal them, so they can have a wonderful life together. I know it wasnt started under the best of circumstances, but you know, GOD allowed it all to happen for a divine reason.

Thanks!

You know, there's just something to be said for Friday night HS football games, chilly weather, a large cup of Hot Chocolate and a fresh funnel cake! Sherwood played its final home football game last night, so JEB and I decided to go watch. Jn had gone to Auburn with several of his vball players and the other coach to watch Auburn play vball, so JEB and I were on our own. First, after picking him up from aftercare and seeing he was totally into Halloween......chocolate stains on his shirt, sucker in mouth and one in his little goodie bag and leftovers all over his face, I decided the best course of action was a bath, first then football game. Believe me, he wasn't very excited about giving up that sucker, either! So, off we went to the bathtub and quickly got all cleaned up and off to the game we went.

We got there early enough to get a great parking place and of course, most important, right when the concession stand opened!! Chicken fingers and fries and a coke, which we all know is the dinner of champions!!! And growing little boys! The boys played well, and of course, JEB enjoyed watching the cheerleaders, one of which is his babysitter when Jn and I go out. He was thrilled to see K and enjoyed watching the boys run up and down the field. Now, let me say, that I'm very proud of the guys and the team, this was their first winning season EVER in school history and to top it all off, they played this whole season with a head coach, who was going thru chemo and dealing with a form of terminal blood cancer. God has truly been with him this season, and it seems his cancer is in a mild form of remission. Please pray for him, Coach 'Rock', as he goes after Thanksgiving for stem cell harvesting and after Christmas, stem cell transplants. He is an amazing guy and truly loves the Lord and is always out to see what he can teach the guys thru what he's going thru. Ultimately, he knows that God is on the throne and has already determined the outcome of it all. His son, N, is the star running back and is also playing qb due to a broken foot for our regular quarterback. N, is one of my students and he's dealing with all of this with amazing strength and maturity for a 16 yr. old kid. I enjoyed watching him play last night.

Probably the only regret I had about going to this game....I forgot to take a blanket!! After the sun went down, it was COLD!!!! Poor JEB's little fingers were quite cold by the time we headed for home, but after half-time and the cheerleaders dance, we decided it was time to go!! I'm glad the guys won and will now play for the FIRST TIME EVER, in the playoffs. I hope they can go a couple of rounds. That would be way cool!!!

And then....the funnel cakes were awesome!! So much so, that JEB and I had TWO! I know, I know, but I'm such a sucker for sweet powdery sugar concoctions.....and just think, the fair is this week!! Wow, more sweet delights!

Ok, ok, ok.....I will attempt to make a comeback. Things here have been extremely busy, which I was quite surprised about. I told Jn that first week of school, in between crying and actually being afraid my new job was WAY over my head, that I just couldn't imagine what in the world I would do all day!! OH MY GOODNESS! God has a HUGE sense of humor!! He's sitting in heaven laughing out loud at my foolishness for even thinking such a thought, let alone actually voicing it out loud!!!

My days these past couple of weeks have been SO busy, literally going from one student to another, helping them prepare/study for tests/quizzes for the day and trying to help them prepare/study for upcoming tests/quizzes. OR I've been helping them meander thru the test or quiz that I've spent days helping them study for! Then it's answering emails, keeping up with lesson plans, modifying tests/quizzes and making sure they get back to the correct teacher when they've been taken! Oh, and heaven forbid if someone is absent a day! That totally messes with my schedule! And I seriously thought that I wouldn't have enough to keep me busy!! Boy, was I wrong!

I've heard it said......You plan, God laughs! OH how true!! We had a huge festival at church last night. My fellow teacher friend and I took our boys, walked around, fed them popcorn and cotton candy and then went out to eat! A perfect night for all!

I will try to keep up every so often. Please leave a message so I can see who comes to visit me!!